SCORES and SPORTS INFO for 12 28 2010

HAPPY HOLIDAY SEASON TO ALL from GLOBAL SPORTS!



NFL - Brees rallies Saints past Falcons. Whitehurst likely in for Hasselbeck. Playoff-bound Jets finally back home. Giants stranded in Wisconsin after loss. Vikings, Eagles wait for postponed game.



MONDAY NIGHT NFL - SAINTS 17 vs. FALCONS 14



CHECK TUESDAY NIGHT NFL - VIKINGS (5-9) vs. EAGLES (10-4) and ODDS





NCAA FOOTBALL - Air Force beats Ga. Tech in Independence. Florida without CB Jenkins, 3 starters. FG on last play gives FIU first bowl win. Tar Heels RB Elzy won't play in bowl. 3 Georgia players ineligible for bowl. Potent Sooners pose big test for UConn. Iowa, Missouri seeking positive ending.



INDEPENDENCE BOWL - AIR FORCE 14 GEORGIA TECH 7



Check out NCAA FOOTBALL Odds for BOWL GAMES-NEXT BOWL this WEDNESDAY 12/29/2010




NCAA BASKETBALL - No. 6 Pitt overcomes Walker's 31, UConn. No. 2 Buckeyes stay unbeaten, win 100-40. Duke back to unanimous No. 1 in AP poll. Louisville rolls in tuneup for Kentucky. Seton Hall G Hazell shot and wounded. Freshman G Smith leaves Marquette. At 13-0, Syracuse not overrated anymore. Fordham-Ga. Tech canceled due to storm.




Check out TODAYS FORTY THREE (43) NCAA BASKETBALL GAMES and Odds




NBA - Nowitzki injures knee in Mavericks' win. Shaq fined $35,000 for criticizing refs. James clarifies remarks on contraction. Blazers beat Jazz to end road skid. Bobcats top Pistons in Silas' debut. Magic top Nets after bus trouble.
Hawks snap road losing streak. Rockets finally climb back to .500 mark.



Check out TODAY'S SEVEN (7) NBA GAMES and Odds



NHL - Red Wings' Osgood stops 46 for 400th win. Blackhawks hope Kane can return Tuesday. Quick blanks Sharks, Kings net 4 in 3rd. Gilroy scores 2 as Rangers rout Isles. Winter Classic weather could be problem. Senators C Spezza out indefinitely.Thomas, Bruins beat Panthers in shootout. Nash, Mason help Jackets top Wild in SO.



Check out TODAY'S NINE (9) NHL GAMES and Odds




MLB - Mets acquire SS Hu from Dodgers. Padres reach deal with Hawpe to play 1B. Marlins sign Nolasco for $26.5M, 3 years.LHP Rhodes agrees to deal with Rangers. Nats keep LHP Burnett for 2 yrs., $3.95M. Astros deal RHP Lindstrom to Rockies.



NASCAR - All not rosy at Roush. Roush Fenway Racing, which includes Carl Edwards No. 60 team, is moving its shop – and
shopping for sponsors.



GOLF - Best tournaments in 2010- The putt from Graeme McDowell. The pressure that overcame Hunter Mahan. No wonder the Ryder Cup tops the list.



UFC - Two years after losing to Gray Maynard, lightweight champion Frankie Edgar (above) gets a chance for revenge in UFC 125.

BOXING - Celestino Caballero, the junior featherweight who made many top-10 lists, was blindsided by Jason Litzau.



TENNIS - The Austrian Tennis Federation says Austria will play France on a clay court in an aircraft hangar in the first round of the 2011 Davis Cup.



HORSE RACING - Jeranimo defeated Proudinsky by 21/2 lengths to win Monday’s $150,000 San Gabriel Stakes at Santa Anita.Ridden by Rafael Bejarano, Jeranimo ran 1 1-8 miles on the turf in 1:47.20 and paid $10.20, $5.40 and $2.20.



POKER - Coverage of the final table of the first event of the 2011 North American Poker Tour will begin on ESPN3.com on Saturday, January 15 at 5 p.m. ET. ESPN2 will then join the coverage at 10 p.m. ET and fans will be able to watch all the
unedited action until a champion is crowned.